indians as settlers
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Indians as Settlers. Challenging student assumptions. What is an Indian?. Horses Hunter-gatherers Nomadic Male. Who are the Cherokee?. North Carolina Trail o f Tears Andrew Jackson downtrodden. Educated bicultural and bilingual Three migrations. Cherokee as acculturated. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Who are the Cherokee?- North Carolina- Trail o f Tears- Andrew Jackson- downtrodden
- Educated- bicultural and bilingual- Three migrations
Cherokee as acculturated
• Church membership• Constitution• Cherokee Phoenix• William Wirt• Intermarriage• Seminaries and colleges
Three waves of settlement
• OLD SETTLERS- 1792-1810• TREATY PARTY – 1820S• EMIGRANT/PATRIOT PARTY - 1838
BOILING IT DOWN TO BLOOD
• FULL VERSUS HALF-BLOOD• TRADITIONAL VERSUS PROGRESSIVE• OLD SETTLERS – TRADITIONAL BUT NOT ALL
FULL• TREATY PARTY – HALF-BLOOD AND
PROGRESSIVE• PATRIOT PARTY – HALF-BLOOD LEADERS BUT
FULL BLOOD FOLLOWERS, PROGRESSIVE
Are the Cherokee settlers?
TYPE ONE SETTLERS• Farming• Families• Balanced sex distribution• Many children• Few over 45• High birth rate• Permanent• Peaceful• colonizing
CHEROKEE SETTLERS• Restarted farms• Came as families• Yes for sex distribution• Moved children• Many over 45• Zero birth rate in first years• Yes• No, political warfare• ?????